College of Public Health

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Mar 10, 2017

Calysta Trevino (left), an eighth grader from Alliance Middle School, talks to science fair judge, Katie Juarez, ESU #13 teacher, VALTS- Valley Alternative Learning Transitioning School. Trevino was one of more than 40 middle and high school students from the Panhandle who competed in the second annual Nebraska Panhandle Area Health Education Center (NP-AHEC) and Nebraska Junior Academy of Science (NJAS) Combined Regional Science Fair in Scottsbluff on March 1. One of the organizers, Wendy Wells, UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division instructor and education coordinator of the NP-AHEC, said science projects were judged on scientific method, communication skills and personal growth. Participants competed to earn a trip to Lincoln in April for the State NJAS competition and, for eighth graders only, a trip to UNMC in June for the Health/Science Meet. The event is sponsored by the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, ESU #13, NP-AHEC and the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division.

UNMC faculty named Rural Future Institute Fellows

College of Public Health’s Athena Ramos and College of Allied Health Professions’ Greg Karst, Ph.D., join new program.

Mar 10, 2017

Final Learn@Lunch presentation set for March 16

Speaker will discuss the language of privilege and oppression.

Mar 6, 2017

Natalie Burke

UNMC for the record

New and notes from the UNMC community.

Mar 3, 2017

UNMC partners in Global Outbreak Alert workshop

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, and Sharon Medcalf, Ph.D., director of the Center for Biosecurity, Biopreparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases, were invited to attend the workshop.

Mar 3, 2017

UNMC professor/pediatrician poses new parenting shift for 21st century

Her book, which applies beyond toddlerhood, has less to do with the alphabet or numbers and more to do with ME, WE, WHY, WILL, WIGGLE, WOBBLE and WHAT IF.

Feb 28, 2017

CENTRIC releases new call for applications

Applications are due May 1 for pilot project funding.

Feb 27, 2017

Video clips needed for ‘It’s On Us’ awareness week

EMPOWER seeking departments, organizations to participate in sexual violence awareness project.

Feb 24, 2017

Dr. Becker edits work exploring physical activity in cancer care

New work is called “Integrating Physical Activity into Cancer Care: An Evidence-Based Approach.”

Feb 13, 2017

Betsy Becker, D.P.T.

New faculty spotlight: Mark Kortepeter, M.D.

Dr. Kortepeter is a professor of epidemiology in the UNMC College of Public Health.

Feb 8, 2017